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US sees Iranian Military Spending as Threat
courtesy Ben Adler @ Reuters
Three Republican Bears and none Just Right
Why did Mitt Romney win Iowa? Not because he is the ideal candidate, but because the Republican faithful will just have to settle. That the […]
Reading in the New Millennium: Cole at Truthdig
My essay, “Reading in the New Millennium: Forward to the Past?” is out at Truthdig. Excerpt: “I have been rereading Ralph Waldo Emerson’s two-volume “Essays” […]
Tomgram: Engelhardt, Lessons from Lost Wars in 2012
It was to be the war that would establish empire as an American fact. It would result in a thousand-year Pax Americana. It was to be “mission accomplished” all the way. And then, of course, it wasn’t. And t…
Will his New Sanctions on Iran Cost Obama the Presidency?
A sharp drop in the value of the Iranian currency as a result of new American sanctions may sound like good news to hawks in […]
Conservative White People’s Primary
What Iowa looks like with regard to ethnicity (2010 Census): What the United States looks like (2010 Census)
Top 5 Foreign Policy Challenges for US, 2012
My list of challenges last year this time more or less nailed it, especially my concerns about the Mubarak era ending in Egypt. Many of […]
On the end of Newt Gingrich’s Campaign
“Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.” – François de La Rochefoucauld (d. 1680)
Iraqis Celebrate being Free of US Troops, Fear US Meddling
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq held a rally in a sports stadium on Saturday to celebrate Iraq being free of US troops. He declared […]
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